Illegal logging and related illegal timber trade are currently recognized as one of the world's most pressing environmental problems. In several timber-exporting countries most of the trees are illegally cut, resulting in significant losses of incomes and irreversible damage to forests. In the last ...

the last decades, the energy policy of European Union (EU) has fostered the use of biomass from forests and outside forests for energy purposes. Firstly, the Green Paper on renewable energies of the European Commission, then, the Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from...

This article provides information on the regional forest phytopathological inventory that has been present in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, since 1994, in which the data of all the biotic and abiotic agents that cause significant damage to the woods and forests of the regional territory are...

In the medieval period the Casentino was an important center for iron working and for the production of charcoal necessary for this activity. Between XIII and XIV centuries the Guidi family owned various ironworks in the localities of Cetica and Raggiolo. In this area companies of charcoal burners...

The importance of a sustainable and circular bioeconomy in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been recognized at various political levels. The EU Green Deal is one of the most transformative European political initiatives in recent decades. However, such a great vision and...

The primary ground of sylviculture is the eco-biological knowledge of forest ecosystems, as well as the understanding of relationships among functionality, productivity and stability. In these relationships, high genetic diversity has been shown to enhance ecological efficiency on spatial scale and ...

Fighting illegal timber trade is both a local and a global issue. The regulations in force to control timber trade recognize wood identification as a critical tool for enforcing and prosecuting cases of unauthorized or prohibited trade. However, around the world this level of scrutiny is seldom...

At the end of Prehistory, many civilizations were flourishing in south-western Asia, both in Mesopotamia and on the coastline of Sirya, Lebanon and Palestine. These were the empires of the Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians, as well as the Hittites and the Phoenician city-states. The ancient...

This proceedings contains three papers discussing wood and wood products, e.g., barrels and cork stoppers, and forestry law and policy.